10,963
edits
Gynopedia needs your support! Please consider contributing content, translating a page, or making a donation today. With your support, we can sustain and expand the website. Gynopedia has no corporate sponsors or advertisers. Your support is crucial and deeply appreciated.
Guatemala City: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
In | * In public hospitals, you can get free sexual health consultations, condoms and birth control injections. The injections last for 3 months. | ||
* If you want to purchase birth control pills, some brands you can expect to see are Denoval, Neogynon, Nordiol, Ovral, Lo-Femenal. Microgynon and Nordette. They can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription. | |||
* If you would like an IUD, you can get the insertion done by [http://www.osarguatemala.org/ O.SA.R. (Observatorio de Salud Reproductiva]. It's a pubic institution but the service is not free. You'll pay around 150-200 Guatemalan Quetzal (Q). | |||
* If you would like to get an implant at [http://www.osarguatemala.org/ O.SA.R. (Observatorio de Salud Reproductiva], it will cost around 450-600 Q. | |||
APROFAM provides implants for 450Q-600Q, which means only for wealthier people. | |||
* Here are some pharmacies to check out: | |||
** [http://www.farmaciasdeldrsimi.com.gt Dr. Simi]: Address, Oficinas: 17 Calle A 18-40 Zona 10, 01010-Guatemala City, Guatemala. Hours, Mon-Sun: 7:00 am - 8:00 pm. Somos Lo mismo pero más barato. Síguenos enTwitter: @DrSimi" | |||
===Costs=== | |||
Generally, birth control pills cost around 22-115 Q for a one month supply. While some public hospitals do birth control implants for free, others charge around 450-600 Q. For an IUD insertion, you can expect to pay around 150-200 Q. | |||
==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ||
| Line 42: | Line 46: | ||
'''Note:''' The longest-lasting EC is currently [http://www.ellaone.com/ ellaOne]. It lasts up to 5 days (120 hours) after unprotected sex. Although Guatemala doesn't currently carry ellaOne, copper IUDs may also prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. If none of these options are available, and it's been over 3 days since you had unprotected sex, you can still take EC, which may work up to 5 days. Note that EC pills are not 100% effective and should be taken as soon as possible. | '''Note:''' The longest-lasting EC is currently [http://www.ellaone.com/ ellaOne]. It lasts up to 5 days (120 hours) after unprotected sex. Although Guatemala doesn't currently carry ellaOne, copper IUDs may also prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. If none of these options are available, and it's been over 3 days since you had unprotected sex, you can still take EC, which may work up to 5 days. Note that EC pills are not 100% effective and should be taken as soon as possible. | ||
* In Guatemala, the morning after pill is available only at a clinic of Doctors Without Borders and used only in case of rape victims. | |||
''For dedicated Products / Progestin Only (the morning after pill) | ''For dedicated Products / Progestin Only (the morning after pill) | ||